GEN: Will Libraries Survive?

[Johanna Halbeisen <johanna@MASSED.NET>]

This came from our state education "digital digest".  I thought some of you
might be interested.

Title:                Will Libraries Survive?
Source:           The American Prospect website
http://epn.org/prospect/41/41nunb.html
Author:            Geoffrey Nunberg
Issue:              Libraries, access to information
Description:   Despite the author discusses not whether or not public
libraries will survive, but in what form.  The article was prompted by
the announcement that Bill Gates would donate $200 million in software
to American public libraries and compares this to Andrew Carnegie's
donation of 2,000 library buildings in the nineteenth century.  American
communities responded by filling libraries with books.  The author
contends a similar effort will be required with digital libraries.

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Johanna Halbeisen
Woodland Elementary School (preK-4)
80 Powder Mill Rd.
Southwick, MA 01077
johanna@massed.net

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